Quality Trends: Bet on quality and monitor consistency MTA Symposium 26 th & 27 th March

Beating the benchmark is hard. The only way it can be done is to try something different. The problem is doing something different can get you into trouble with you clients if its doesn’t work. Then regulators come calling. Career risk is often much more of a challenge than any market risk.

Benchmarks tend to be market cap weighted so make your benchmark equal weighted.

Dividends contribute a lot to total return.

It’s a big world out there and it may be bottoming relative to the USA.

What about Quality?

The Dollar has been weak for a long time but the trend has changed.

The Dollar against emerging market currencies.

The combined Fed, ECB, BOJ, BoE and PBOC Balance Sheets rebased to US Dollars

Fed’s balance sheet

Bank of England’s balance sheet.

Full Disclosure: I’m an optimist… I believe the world will be a better place to live than it has been. Our best days are not only ahead of us but will always be ahead of us because of humanity’s capacity for innovation.

3 REALLY Big Themes The rise of the Global Middle Class The exponential pace of technological innovation. Lower energy prices in real terms are not a short term phenomenon.

The Autonomies is are: Leaders in their respective sectors Truly global; 40% of revenue from outside their domestic market. Have solid records of expanding into new markets. Have generally strong balance sheets with many being Dividend Aristocrats. Big companies will benefit most from the above themes.

Airbus has similar revenue to Boeing but only half the market cap.

Cisco Systems has returned to test the upper side of a 15-year base. With the Internet of Everything there is going to be a need for a lot of networking equipment.

Eli Lilly is a bit overextended at present but is still trending consistently.

Fanuc is the global leader in delivering robot technology and just announced it will be looking after minor shareholders with a reliable dividend.

Goldman Sachs is one of the most globally diversified investment banks in the world.

Honeywell broke out of a 14-year base two years ago and continues to extend the move.

Kimberly Clark finding support just where it needs to.

Proctor & Gamble finding support just where it needs to.

Nestle is perhaps the first company whose debt trades at a lower yield than governments..

The is a lot of commentary going about that the market is fully valued but the first rule of technical analysis is that the crowd rules,

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